Comparison

Codex of Victory vs Block Codex

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Codex of Victory

Engage in a sci-fi turn-based strategy game where you build and command a hi-tech army to defend humanity from cyborg invaders. Experience a mix of real-time base building and tactical combat on hex-mapped battlefields.

Highlights
  • Turn-based combat
  • Real-time base building
  • Story-driven campaign
  • Unit customization
  • Hex-mapped battlefields
  • Randomly generated missions
Features
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Human society has been divided. On one side, the natural course of human evolution has been disrupted. What started as an attempt to adapt to the harsh conditions of outer space and hostile planets, led to the creation of a weird race of transhuman cyborgs – the Augments. Driven by a desire to ‘liberate’ ordinary humans from the limitations of their wholly organic bodies, the Augments have launched a full-scale attack. Now we must defend our territory and fight back, to save our Kingdoms and all of humanity as we know it! Codex of Victory features an extensive story-driven, single-player campaign that tasks you with building and commanding a hi-tech army of drone vehicles, tanks and robots. The campaign offers an exciting mix of real-time base building, global strategic planning and turn-based combat. Travelling between planets and territories, your sole task is to stop the Augments. Inspired by classics of the strategy genre, the base building element involves expanding your underground HQ in real-time. Collect room blueprints, build factories, research centers, workshops, laboratories and other facilities, to prepare for battles ahead. Global tactical oversight comes from your Planetary map, on which you’ll instantly see where your armies need to be deployed. Engage in tactical turn-based combat on hex-mapped battlefields. Select your units and upgrades, deploy them to the battlefield using the terrain to your advantage and test your tactical skills in each mission. As you progress through the battles of the main storyline and the various randomly-generated side missions, you’ll gain access to over 25 units. Each type of unit comes in countless variations, thanks to a diverse range of upgrades and add-on modules. Build your best and put them to the test against the incoming Augments! Features: • Exciting combination of turn-based combat and real-time base building • 20+ hours of story-based singleplayer campaign • 25+ unique units, each with countless variations • High replay value ensured by randomly generated campaign missions • Neo-feudal sci-fi environment with vivid, cel-shaded graphics System requirements: • 1GB RAM or more • iOS 9 or newer

About

Block Codex

Explore New York City by walking every block. Track your progress on a map, aiming to turn all city blocks blue. Build a daily walking streak for rewards and achieve legendary status by conquering neighborhoods.

Highlights
  • Walk and map every NYC block
  • Track progress with color-coded map
  • Build and maintain daily walking streaks
  • Complete neighborhoods and boroughs
  • Simple, intuitive interface
  • Solo play, no social features
Features
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Block Codex is a real-world exploration game. Your mission: walk every block in New York City. All 120,000+ of them. THE GAME Open the app and start walking. Every block you walk gets marked on your map. Blue blocks are conquered, gray blocks are still waiting. Your goal is simple: turn the entire map blue. The city is divided into 50+ neighborhoods across five boroughs. You can tackle them one at a time or bounce around - your strategy is up to you. Some neighborhoods are huge, some are tiny. Some are packed with streets, others have long avenues. Each one is a mini-challenge. LEVEL UP YOUR STREAK Walking the same blocks over and over won't help you. The game only counts new blocks - you have to keep exploring to make progress. Walk new ground every day and you'll build a streak: - 5 days: You're getting serious - 30 days: This is a lifestyle now - 300 days: Legendary status! Miss a day and your streak resets to zero. No mercy. COMPLETION ZONES Each neighborhood shows a completion percentage. Hit 100% and that zone is done. But there are always more blocks waiting. The game is massive - finishing even one borough is an accomplishment. THE INTERFACE No tutorial needed. The map fills your screen. Tap a neighborhood to zoom in. Toggle between "show all blocks" and "show only unwalked blocks" to plan your route. Your stats sit at the top. That's the whole game. SOLO PLAY ONLY This is you versus the city. No leaderboards, no social features, no comparing progress with friends. Your walking data lives on your phone and nowhere else. We don't collect anything or track anything. WHO SHOULD PLAY People who like completion challenges. Urban explorers who need a goal. New Yorkers who want to really know their city. Anyone who's ever played a 100% completion run in a video game and thought "what if I did this in real life?" Download it and start playing!

Screenshots

Codex of Victory4 screens
Block Codex3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Block Codex at Free against Codex of Victory's $4.99. Block Codex also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6). Codex of Victory's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 2) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Block Codex is free to download; Codex of Victory costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Block Codex holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Codex of Victory has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Codex of Victory versus Block Codex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodex of VictoryBlock Codex
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.6 (27 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS6.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.1 GB88 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAKPublish pty. ltd.Vivian Bailey

Customer experience

Codex of Victory

All ratings27 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative25.9%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral9.9%
Negative28.6%

Block Codex

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Codex of Victory

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Game crashes after victory screen/mission completion
  • Missions disappear/no further progression
  • Game hangs/gets stuck with nothing to do
  • Screen not scaling on iPhone X/XS/11
  • Image displayed in half screen on iPhone 11
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  • Game freezes at startup on iPad mini
  • Bug preventing travel to planet Kali
  • Game crashes after intro mission or on third mission
  • Save data lost if deleted
  • AI cheats/builds units without AP
  • Units inexplicably explode when moving
  • Tapping another planet's province returns ship to orbit
  • Cutscenes after missions don't occur, leading to no progression
  • Game hangs after Chancellor rescue mission
  • Game crashes after 'Heavy Metal' mission
  • Game crashes after 'Chancellorship' mission
  • Game crashes at start up story line on iPad mini

Requested features

13 requests
  • More content (missions, add-ons, sequels)
  • Multiplayer options
  • Custom scenarios/random maps
  • Tutorial that explains HOW to play
  • Dark mode
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  • More varied maps
  • Skirmish mode or arena battles after campaign
  • iCloud sync
  • More lord/ruler functionality (decrees, loyalty)
  • More unit customization
  • New races/planets
  • Continue story/character fates
  • Random missions after main storyline

Block Codex

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Codex of Victory

No in-app purchases

None

Block Codex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Codex of Victory free?
Codex of Victory costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Block Codex free?
Block Codex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Codex of Victory or Block Codex?
Block Codex is rated higher. Codex of Victory averages 3.6 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Block Codex averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Codex of Victory or Block Codex have ads?
Neither Codex of Victory nor Block Codex shows ads.

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